build the right prototype. Optimally, it should be reverse engineered from the solution you envision. Specifically, start at the end. Begin at the customer experience. Visualize EXACTLY how you, as a customer, want your product to function, and then move backward using the act, assess, adjust model. What actions are needed to make your solution a reality? What skill sets are needed, and can they be learned, hired, our outsourced? What challenges block the way? Focus only on the required actions for the necessary features. Bells and whistles can come later, and only if the marketmind signals
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